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We Shall Not Be Moved ()

Directed by Bill T. Jones

Music · 2h 00m

On the run after a series of tragic incidents, five North Philly teens find refuge in an abandoned, condemned house in West Philadelphia at the exact location that served as headquarters of the MOVE organization, where a 1985 standoff with police infamously ended with a neighborhood destroyed and 11 people dead, including five children. This self-defined family is assuaged and even inspired by the ghosts who inhabit this home and begin to see their squatting as a matter of destiny and resistance rather than urgent fear. Combining spoken word, contemporary movement, video projection, classical, R&B and jazz singing, and a brooding, often joyful score filled with place, purpose, and possibility, We Shall Not Be Moved is a timely exploration of past and present struggles which suggests an alternate future through the eyes of its young protagonists.

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Cast

L
Lauren Whitehead Un / Sung
K
Kirstin Chávez Glenda
J
John Holiday John Blue
D
Daniel Shirley John Little Adam Richardson John Mack
A
Aubrey Allicock John Henry
M
Michael bishop OG
D
Duane Lee Holland, Jr OG Tendayi Kuumba OG
C
Caci Cole Pritchett OG

Crew

Director
Bill T. Jones
Writer
Marc Bamuthi Joseph

Details

Runtime
2h 00m
Genres
Music
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Production
Opera Philadelphia